Fire Department Management
The fire department management topic focuses on fire service leadership, from the high-level management issues facing fire chiefs to the administrative functions and budget issues that impact day-to-day operations.
Lt. Kiel Samsing addresses the balance that firefighters must strike between quick, intuitive thinking and slower, deliberate reasoning
Firefighters are too often blindsided by the amount of administrative work as they move up the ranks
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Fire dept. budget $646,000 in the red
Possibility of dissolution based on several factors
County deciding whether to merge the city and county fire departments, expand the county’s current fire service or consider a new city-and-county contract
Philadelphia closed seven fire companies in 2009 and now operates an alternating system of closures that takes three companies out of service at a time
Fire chief says closures will start on Nov. 21 unless new contract with city is approved
He became frustrated by a “deep-seated culture” and “destructive pride” that he says interfered with teaching modern tactics and standards
Roswell hopes to save money by building the new fire department on land the city already owns
‘He led the department at a challenging time, and he led it with great pride and great expertise’ says the city’s first female fire chief
Directive prohibits off-duty firefighters from either selling or giving away their “Go Pink” firefighter T-shirts
Firefighter allegedly shot a turkey while on duty, cooked the bird and served it at his fire station
Shut-down hopes to save as much as $750,000 annually
The move is intended to standardize training and avoid confusion over who is in charge when the volunteers respond to calls
The alarming allegations affect nearly 80 percent of the Fire Prevention Bureau
Chief received a brief job suspension
Home was destroyed while response scene was mismanaged, officials say
King George Fire and Rescue officials hold a town-hall meeting to discuss what happened during a September fire
Roswell chief says staffing saves money and that public safety is not being compromised
Firefighters would also be laid off
Each firefighter has a different story, and the Phoenix Fire Department is planning to make changes to help support firefighters
Prior to the vote, five firefighters were already laid off and a fire station was closed
Firefighter criticized department’s chief and deputy chief on a local weekly newspaper’s website
Thousands of firefighters were scheduled to strike on the fire department’s busiest day of the year
Out of 300,000 firefighters in the U.S., only five chiefs are black women; two of them spoke to Tenn. students on Wednesday
Proper and thorough risk assessments are critical when in comes to choosing personal protective equipment for your fire department
Fire Chief Richard Bowers says that without the fee, 89 career firefighters and paramedics could be laid off and 11 ems units destaffed
Five-minute response time met only 13 percent, down from 40 percent prior to station shut down
Officials say firefighter displayed conduct unbecoming of a public employee
The Chicago fire department has come a long way from its former ‘old boy’s network’ to an equal opportunity department
City officials recommend joining the municipal network ChatComm, because it offers a fixed price and more local control